M 7.2 28-08-1916 Taiwan Depth 5 km – killing 16 people
The Nantou earthquakes consisted of four main damaging quakes and dozens of smaller quakes which were not so damaging.
The first major quake, on August 28, 1916, was the strongest at magnitude 6.8, but the hypocentre was relatively deep in the earth’s crust. 16 people did not survive the quake and 614 houses were destroyed.

M 7.2 28-08-1973 Mexico Depth 80.6 km – killing 1,000 people
The earthquake, which caused widespread damage in parts of the States of Puebla and Veracruz in southeast Mexico, registered 7. 0 on the Richter Magnitude Scale, according to the Caltech Seismological Laboratory. The earthquake occurred at 3:51 (local time) on the morning of 28 August 1973. The center of destructive shaking was in the vicinity of Serdan in the State of Puebla.
Hypocenter at a depth of approx. 100km. The most seismic region of Mexico is along the southwest coast. Earthquakes in the region of Orizaba have been relatively infrequent; the most recent serious ground shaking occurred June 17, 1928 when a magnitude 7. 8 shock had its epicenter at 16N98W, some 250km south of Serdan. However, large earthquakes 100-300km south of Serdan have occurred relatively frequently.M 5.5 28-08-1992 Pakistan Depth 6.4 km – killing 4 people
At least four people killed, several injured and many houses destroyed in the Kalat area. Felt at Khuzdar, Manguchar, Mastung and Quetta.

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Earthquake-Report.com is delighted to proclaim August 29 from the 1900’s till today as an earthquake disaster free day. August 29 is a very fine calender day.

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Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung, a 2460 meter high volcano is in full action after a long sleep.

The eruption started Sunday, August 29 just after midnight. By hearing the explosions and looking at the lave coming out of the crater, the people in the nearby villages fled their villages for safer grounds.

The first signs of an upcoming eruption started on Saturday when black clouds came out of the crater.

Mount Sinabung (Indonesian:Gunung Sinabung) is a Pleistocene-to-Holocene stratovolcano in the Karo plateau of Karo Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia, with many lava flows on its flanks. Solfataric activities (cracks where steam, gas, and lava are emitted) were seen at the summit in 1912, but no historical eruptions had been recorded until the eruption in the early hours of 29 August 2010.

The volcano had been inactive for many years with the previous eruption event occurring in 1600.[3] Ash spewed into the atmosphere up to 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) high and lava was seen near the crater.